TV. One Hour. Six - Eight Episodes.

To fix a wrong from his past, a former conman needs to come up with 20 million — the price of a medical cure-all known as the Uber-Dukaten. For the funds, he turns to history: a sunken cache of Spanish gold. But a turn in the weather forces him into a hasty partnership with his beachside neighbor, a disgraced tobacco executive with money problems of his own. 

A neo noir with a touch of sci-fi. Think FARGO meets BLACK MIRROR.

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SYNOPSIS:

Lost Colony is a serialized drama about the illicit temptations that arise in an increasingly lopsided world.

At the center of our story lies a small fortune in gold — the thing to be fought over and won. Our hero, Caleb (British, 45), needs it to correct his dark past. His adversary, Buck (American, 47), wants it to cover up a string of personal failings.

Our setting is Hatchet Isle, the sort of charming coastal destination where the handcrafted cottages get passed down through generations, and newcomers like Caleb tend to be greeted as interlopers. Not that he minds or even notices. A con man since boyhood, he’s adept at blending in or out as circumstances dictate — “The Conjurer of Covent Garden,” as he was known in his prime back home in London.

But all that changed a year ago… When the slimmest of errors tripped him up in the middle of a grift… Resulting in the near-fatal beating of his mate-in-crime, Sol (46), the person dearest to his heart. To undo that tragedy, Caleb needs to come up with £20 million — that’s the price of the Uber-Dukaten, a miracle medical implant rumored to exist among the ruling class.

For that, he needs lolly, and lots of it. Like the sunken cache of Spanish gold in the shoals off Hatchet Isle — a treasure identified for him by E.D.N.A., his new AI accomplice.

Through the summer, he hunts. Meticulously. Obsessively. Getting nearer and nearer…

But then a sudden change in the weather upends his timetable and forces him into a hasty partnership with his seaside neighbor… Buck… who’s got money problems of his own.

Indeed, ol’ Buck is up to his neck in gambling debt and recently fired from his job as a tobacco exec — a turn of events he’s managed to keep secret — for now — from his wife, Emily (47), and their daughter, Dee (17)…

Our first episode ends with the promise that Caleb’s “simple plan” is about to go off the rails in a spectacular fashion. As the old proverb goes, “The wolf hunts. The jackal preys. The two are not the same.”

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